The below comment was written by Jason Christensen, a man currently running for Utah State Senate, in regards to a teenager who committed suicide last week over his sexuality:
Since being posted on Reddit earlier today, it’s drummed up considerable outrage, with hundreds of people demanding that Christensen’s political career come to an abrupt and inauspicious end.
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The comment was left on a post linking to the obituary of Braxton David Taylor (pictured, right), a 19-year-old student at Weber State University who committed suicide on Monday.
“Yes, this is sad,” Christensen writes, “and hopefully God will have mercy on both sins that this boy committed. The sins of homosexuality and the sins of murder.”
Later on in the thread, he writes:
“Read the scriptures, stop denying the scriptures. I do feel bad for him and his sins. But one must recognize what’s sins [sic] and what is not sin. One must live the Gospel of Jesus Christ and not the Gospel of the Devil.”
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Since the story went public, Christensen has made his social media accounts private due to the overwhelming barrage of hate mail he received over the course of a few hours.
“I actually emailed him and explained how disgusted I was in his comments,” writes Redditor UlyssesRambo, and Christensen wrote back:
“Please re-read my comments. I am not a bully at all unlike my opponent. I may have poor tactics to state the facts, but what I did say is truthful and I did show mercy for this poor confused boy. Life is precious and needs to be preserved, but we must also recognize the facts and give hope and encouragement in order to not just save lives, but to change peoples lives. This is our duty as Christians, not the government.”
“Terrible,” says Ramses3. “At least most people will be able to see this screenshot and realize the piece of shit he is and hopefully shun him from modern society, where he clearly doesn’t belong.
“Thank you so much for bringing this to our attention,” Meeze writes. “If you run for public office, you must be held accountable. My organization has consolidated and shared this disgusting display on our Facebook page.”
After 499 comments poured in, the discussion was closed. A message from slyder565 explained why:
Hello r/lgbt-ers and guests from /r/all! While this guy is a public figure and obviously a horrible human being, we cannot condone a
whichwitch hunt and will be removing all additional contact information and temporarily banning anyone sharing it.If you are angry about this, GOOD. Channel that anger into meaningful action, donate time or money to LGBT foundations in UT (no amount is too small), spend time on message boards supporting each other, support candidates who support us.
For a start: Utah Pride Centre
Please post additional resources and ideas below! Looks like this guy is actually a fringe candidate – any Utahans have more info? Who is the candidate to support in this race?
Christensen calls the notion of LGBTQ rights an “evil communistic agenda” on his floridly insane website.
Here’s a most unfortunate Facebook post from Christensen responding to the controversy:
Mack
Typical right wing “Christian”. Too bad he doesn’t practice what he preaches. From this day forward he’ll be a CINO. You’ve heard of RINO AND DINO well he’s a CINO. Christian In Name Only.
bbg372
Feel free to share your thoughts on his Jason Christensen for Senate 16 Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/jasonchristensenforsenate/
ShaugnR
Sure one of the 632 sins of the Old Testament is homosexuality. So dumb fuck do you eat shell fish, wear blended fabric, cut your hair so your head is rounded. I am willing to bet that you break about 600 of these weekly if not daily. So just who will be rotting in hell? Small minded pricks like you.
GC1985
This is what Dumpster supporters think of us. Where is Kieran to make excuses for this man and Dumpster? When you vote for Dumpster, you get the whole GOP package. This fanatic included.
KennyJ
If life is precious and should be conserved, then shouldn’t things like calling homosexuals sinners be avoided so that no one else feels the need to commit “murder”?
barkomatic
What a scumball. I hope the people of Utah do not elect him
Navalator
Christensen is a piece of intolerant shit and gives religion a bad name. As are the people who vote for him. He is the very essence of evil incarnate. Of course, what else would you expect from Utah.
AmericanSteam
@Navalator: I can personally say that not ALL people from Utah are jerks.
Now, for everyone else, your anger is understandable. Personally, I’m furious over what this guy is and has said. But, raging in chat isn’t going to change anything. What we need to do is go to the polls this November, encourage our friends and family to vote, and give money to organizations that support the LGBTQ community, especially teens.
Navalator
@AmericanSteam: YES!
Ukin Blome
I heard that in Utah, in order for a girl to be a virgin on her wedding day, she must be able to run faster than her father. I don’t know. People say things. It’s something I heard. Oh, by the way, they said it was just the “morons?” that this applied to. Who are the Morons?
Danny279
It’s sickening, but I actually don’t care that much about that POS. He’s not even a real candidate, just some nutter from a wacko fringe party. I would like to know more about Braxton and what happened to him to cause him to do this. Was he bullied? Did religion make him hate himself? Did his family reject him? He was 19 and in college and had his whole future in front of him.
GC1985
Where is Leobaga? Oh that’s right. He won’t post here as it isn’t convenient to his disgusting cause. This is what the GOP and Trump represent. Choke on that.
stadacona
Meanwhile in 57 muslim countries homosexuality is outlawed and the death penalty for homosexuality exists in several muslim countries. The left’s response….crickets. But if a Mormon in Utah dares to mouth off, watch out.
Stevenw
@stadacona: I don’t understand this comment? I’m not seeing where the status of LGBT rights in other countries come in to this?
Assuming you are based in the US, you have the power to effect political change – so the comments of this candidate are worthy of concern.
In comparison, you will have hardly any power to effect the laws of those 37 countries mentioned – really, the most effective way you can help LGBT rights in those places is to make sure your government reflects your liberal viewpoint accurately and uses their political clout wisely. Which kind of loops back to making sure this Utah nut-bag doesn’t get any futher.
If you are concerned about LGBT rights in Muslim countries though, then the situation in Turkey must be worrying you greatly. Democracy is a friend to LGBT rights. LGBT rights were steadily improving under Turkey’s democracy, so I fear that the recent failed coup there may do massive long-term damage to Turkey’s democracy, and thus those LGBT gains.
DCguy
It’sounds what Mormons and evangelicals actually think. Their bigotry shouldn’t be a surprise at this point.
DCguy
@stadacona:
Oh look, one of the anti-lgbt right wing Log Cabin bigot defenders comes in with one of their typical responses.
Basically what they want to say is, nobody can say anything about bigotry in America because somewhere else thousands of miles away there are bigots and we should only worry about them.
They’re still doing anything they can to defend and give cover to anti-lgbt hate and bigotry in the U.S.
abnerbha
@Danny279: Was the suicide victim as a boy a victim of child molestation especially repeated molestation by a homosexual priest which caused him to engage in homosexual conduct and in the end commit suicide ? It’s not controversial to talk of nightmares, suicides, bed wetting often a result of sex abuse. Yet when 1 talks gay/lesbian behaviors because they learned this sexual behavior by being repeatedly molested, then gays with politically safe psychologists complain. The politically correct psychologists who deny this know it’s possible for a boy to turn out gay as a result of childhood sex abuse, yet deny what they know is true. Of course, not all who are sexually abused in youth become gay in adulthood-but the risk is higher.
Rimminit
Jason Christian and others who believe that crap are the reason thousands of young people are leaving the church and becoming agnostic. Who can blame them?
trusgold
@abnerbha: PERHAPS INSTED OF THIS MUCKRAKING COULD WE MAYBE…SAY A PRAYER
Mo Bro
@stadacona:
Ask a liberal which group is more oppressed, gays or Muslims, then step back and watch the hysterics as they try to rationalize the insanity of Sharia. It always makes for good entertainment.
GC1985
@Mo Bro: Oh look another Donald Trump supporter.
Ask a right wing fanatic to be rational. That will be a cold day in hell.
You want hysterics? Look at Trump’s meltdown on TV. And the majority of Muslims don’t want Sharia law.
The fact these clowns bring up Islam in a thread that has nothing to do with it, isn’t surprising.
Learn to stay on topic. Tell your losing candidate to do that too.
GC1985
@abnerbha: oh look the troll who falsely assumes all gay people were molested. No proof of that. Keep your verbal diarrhea to yourself.
Chris
On top of his insensitivity to the young man who committed suicide and to the family, this guy’s remarks just drip self righteousness and condescension. That neither he nor his supporters can see this is infuriating. SMH!
GC1985
@abnerbha: it is possible you are bipolar and suffer from drug induced delusions. Time to get back on your meds, little man.
You are extremely ignorant and a moron on top of that.
Most sex crimes (proportionally and percentage wise) are committed by heterosexual men towards young girls.
You suffer from delusions and diarrhea at the mouth.
GC1985
@abnerbha: you are dishonest and you are a liar. That is the worst kind of troll. You have your fingers in your ears and you disregard the facts. Go away bigot. Stop trying to act smart. You fail miserably at it.
Go away you nasty creep. Nobody wants to hear your bigotry.
You probably are a heterosexual child abuser who seeks validation. Not getting it here.
Billy Budd
This thread makes me wanna vomit for various reasons.
Tobi
@GC1985: Miss Carini, you are the only disgusting waste of space around here. It doesn’t matter who is right or wrong, your only agenda is to inflame and promote aggression.
You’re a talentless wuckfit, a sad, tiny, pathetic little creature, the kind found mostly under a rock, often located in their Mother’s basement vamping food and electricity.
In comparison to you, there are a lot of tall and handsome, devoted and strong men here on Queerty, who know that your agenda is extinct, and recognise you for what you truly are:
Residue.
GC1985
Coming from the guy who wants to get rid of age of consent laws…how ironic you try to attack me. You are a nasty person in every sense. Nasty and vindictive.
GC1985
Plus you are in no position to attack someone, like myself, who is infinitely more attractive than you ever will be. You are about as attractive as a rat and about as appealing as a parasite.
Tobi
@GC1985: Pierre Huguenard, who invented chlorpromazine, had you in mind as his ideal patient, a pathetic, delusional nuisance, whose only outlet is an aggressive fantasy life trickling over into the real world.
You’re desperately sick, Ms. Carini, seriously ill, and you need help. It’s time you let a nurse rinse your face and agree that you’d like professional help in cleansing yourself of your constant scatalogical impulses.
In the meantime, take a large thrice daily dose of Largactil, because you’re worth it.
abnerbha
@GC1985: I have thought about this & don’t think any1 can rebut conclusion that childhood sex abuse victims of gay/lesbian pedophiles have more risk of turning out gay/lesbian by copying the conduct they learned because think you know that conduct incl. sexual conduct can be learned. Think you know it is possible for people who are victims of same sex molestation (such as victims of gay pedophile priests) to copy this sexual conduct and do gay conduct in adulthood incl. turn out to be gay pedophiles.
abnerbha
@GC1985: I called Judy L. Shepard on May 6, 2015 @ her home. Dennis picked up (I spoke to him on November 3, 2014 to tell him his son was a child molester & drug dealer) & I asked for Judy after which he gave to Judy. I then told Judy Lynn Shepard that Methew Shepard was a child molester & drug junky after which she told me to get a life and hung up. I told the ugly truth of what her son was-a child molester & a drug junky.
abnerbha
@GC1985: Natrona County Juvenile Court gave Methew Wayne Shepard counseling for molesting 2 boys when he was 15 years old, but if the Wyoming legal system had given Methew Wayne Shepard years in prison rather than counseling by Natrona County Juvenile Court for molesting 8 year old boys when he was 15 years old, then Methew Wayne Shepard would have avoided being murdered in 1998.
abnerbha
@GC1985: Something else to rebut people who critique me for calling Dennis & Judy L. Shepard on Nov. 3, 2014 & May 6, 2015 to tell ugly truths on who their son was.
Calling them twice to tell the truth is not harassment. Harassment is repeatedly contacting a person after they have asked you to stop contacting them. Since this happened twice, it was not harassment, so it’s legal. Shepards are famous. If the Shepard’s don’t want people calling them to tell ugly truths of Methew W. Shepard being a drug junky and a child molester, then they should get an unlisted # because that is what comes with being famous. I did the right thing because they are the 1s who get rich off of his murder, not me. I just call to tell them the truth & I earn nothing.
Dennis & Judy L. Shepard have no complaint right when people like me call them to say that their son was a child molester & drug junky. Dennis & Judy get rich & most media shills for them. Celebrities Ellen, Rosie T. O’Donnell (Roseann Teresa O’Donnel), etc. give money to them & make them rich. If once in a while people like me call their house to tell them ugly truths about their son, then don’t complain. They can get an unlisted # if they don’t want people calling them @ home to tell them Methew W. Shepard’s a drug junky & a child molester. & it is possible Methew W. Shepard molested more boys than the 2 cases he got counseling for because most molestations are unreported.
ErikO
Who? Suicide is not a good thing, and some people consider it to be self murder.
GC1985
@Tobi: Desperately sick? Coming from an unhinged nutcase who wants to get rid of age of consent laws, that’s rich. You are a nasty person. Seek immediate professional help. I think some countries, electric shock therapy and a lobotomy can be done for cheap.
GC1985
@abnerbha: Blah Blah Blah
@abnerbha: Blah Blah Blah Blah
@abnerbha: Blah blah blah blah blah
@abnerbha: Blah blah blah blah blah blah
Plenty of straight people have been abused and use drugs.
So what’s point you mentally imbalanced troll? Most pedophiles are heterosexual men, like yourself.
GC1985
@abnerbha: Oh and slandering Matt Shepard shows how low of a scumbag you are. You have a lot of growing up to do, you little snob.
abnerbha
@GC1985: I deliberately spell his name METHEW because he was a drug junky who used Meth among other drugs, so that’s why I call him Methew. So far the replies I’ve gotten have been people getting offended but giving no rebuttal because think you know that’s ugly truths of who Methew W. Shepard was. You posters ‘queero worship’ Methew W. Shepard.
abnerbha
@GC1985: Metthew Wayne Shepard (1976-1998) was not the innocent as he has been portrayed by Laramie Project or films like Shepard is a Friend of Mine. Metthew Wayne Shepard was a junky who assoc. with drug dealers in both Colorado & Wyoming, was possibly a drug dealer himself (Methew Wayne Shepard could also possibly have been a drug courier or a lookout) & when he was 15 years old, he was arrested for molesting 2 boys & he got counseling by Natrona County Juvenile Court for molesting 2 boys. JUDY L. SHEPARD AND HER OTHER SON LOGAN P. SHEPARD ARE BOTH FAT & THEY GOT FAT GETTING RICH FROM EXPLOITING THEIR SON AND BROTHER FOR MONEY
abnerbha
@GC1985: Natrona County Juvenile Court gave Methew Wayne Shepard counseling for molesting 2 boys when he was 15 years old, but if the Wyoming legal system had given Methew Wayne Shepard years in prison rather than counseling by Natrona County Juvenile Court for molesting 8 year old boys when he was 15 years old, then Methew Wayne Shepard would have avoided being murdered in 1998. Getting murdered in 1998 does not change the truth that Methew Wayne Shepard was a gay pedophile.
GC1985
I hope one day you croak. As a poster that is. I am reporting your nasty vicious and outright false statements to queerty. You have no right to post here.
scotshot
@Tobi:@abnerbha:
No hate in you two is there? What sort of inadequacies force you to spend the day posting this shit? I’d really like to know.
Are you some kind of maladjusted gay guy or straight guy? The guy who sits at the bar that no-one notices, who when they do talk they spray their ignorance and everyone turns their back on you?
I won’t waste any more of my time on you two POS.
TimSimms
The guy is just a troll. He supposes that taking a life is always called murder, which simply isn’t true (manslaughter, execution, suicide, etc.). He knows that, but he wants to use the most incendiary word possible, to ensure the most damage. He does it because he thinks getting a rise out of people will make them see the light, and as they say, come to Jesus. His concept of God and Jesus is just hateful and putrid.
Bauhaus
@abnerbha:
Whatever you say, Nurse Ratched.
girldownunder
@Stevenw: Exabtly. Individuals in the USA can elicit change via their own country’s stance on topics. Thinking that you’ll have impact in the Muslim world, as a single western voice, is a bit far-fetched.
I know a lot of people forget how progressive & amazing Iran was under the rule of the Shah– before they shoved him out in favour of the religious loonies.
See here:
http://all-that-is-interesting.com/shah-iran
It really is a true tragedy- but that’s what happens when you vote in zealots. The current vibe coming from the USA/GOP is precisely what took over Iran.
Kangol
@girldownunder: The Shah was socially progressive in many ways, but the problem was that he also was economically exploitative and extremely repressive against certain sectors of the Muslim community. On top of this, he was put into power and artificially propped by the West, particularly the US, so that when he got sick and was toppled, moderate and liberal political figures could not compete with the popular power of the mullahs. The US did not help its cause when Reagan and George H. W. Bush supported Saddam Hussein’s war against Iran, only to turn right around and sell arms to Iran to gain money to back the Contras in Nicaragua. What we should keep in mind is that although the religious authorities in Iran are extremely oppressive, Iranian civil society over the last few years, before and after Ahmadinejad, is actually more open than you might imagine, particularly in the cities. I am not saying that Iran’s government is not repressive; it still is. BUT, the Iranian people, especially the youth, are much more progressive than their government, which is actually more progressive than the religious superstructure that still controls things.
brahbate
Christensen — fugliest ginger ever!
abnerbha
Posters have been offended by me saying that it wouldn’t surprise me if 1 or more of the Orlando victims were pedophiles & or drug dealers. They’re offended because I think they know it’s possible but hate that I raise this because people were murdered & wounded in this shooting. I don’t omit ugly facts because something bad as getting murdered happened. Though posters know this, here’s why it’s possible 1 or more of the victims were gay pedophiles & or drug dealers. The life of gays & lesbians (though not always) often have bad childhood such as fact that many gays & lesbians were victims of gay/lesbian pedophiles as kids.
1. People who are victims of same sex pedophilia are more likely to turn out gay/lesbian in adulthood, copying the sexual behavior they learned. In worse cases, victims of gay/lesbian pedophiles turn out to be gay/lesbian pedophiles in adulthood. This is esp. true for gay men & wouldn’t surprise me if it turns out 1 or more of the gay men killed in Orlando had been as a boy molested by gay pedophiles such as gay Catholic priests which caused them to repeat sexual conduct they learned from their abuse & possibly even turn out to be gay pedophiles.
2. People who are victims of gay/lesbian pedophiles along with being more likely to turn out gay/lesbian are also more likely to have problems such as depression, drug junkyism & drunkardism. They’re more likely to use drugs such as Meth, Cocaine & Extasy. In some cases, junkies can sell drugs along with using them or be a drug courier or lookout for drug dealers for money. In pubs, drugs are often sold & pubs are known to get drunkards, junkies & drug dealers.
Now I know this offends people with posters telling me how I’m trashing people who aren’t here to defend themselves. But ugly facts don’t change because some1 is murdered & it wouldn’t surprise me if 1 or more of the victims were pedophiles & or drug junkies + drug dealers because again, many gays & lesbians were victims of gay/lesbian pedophiles which ruined their sexuality & people who are victimized like this are more likely to turn out gay/lesbian in adulthood incl. turn out to be gay/lesbian pedophiles & more likely to be drug junkies incl. in some cases, sell drugs. Think the offended posters know this is possible but hate that I’m not shy & raise this.
brahbate
A friend told me that Christensen has some serious bad breath …. as in, so bad, he could bottle it up and sell it to the Army to use as nerve gas. I mean, DAMN.